Vortex III 17.3 new to gaming on laptop.

[EYEONME]

Hi,

I new to this gaming laptop stuff, I just need some help and someone to look over my order. The reason why it's a laptop is room in my flat as I have 2 babies, also I like to take my laptop away so I can edit photos using photoshop.

Right here's the spec:


Chassis & Display
Vortex Series:17.3" AUO Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080) (£79)

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-3720QM (2.60GHz) 6MB

Memory (RAM)
16GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (4 x 4GB)

Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 680M - 4.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11

Memory - Hard Disk
120GB INTEL® 330 SERIES SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 500MB/sR | 450MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
750GB WD SCORPIO BLUE WD7500BPVT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 8MB CACHE (5400 rpm)

DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)

Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)

Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING

Sound Card
Intel 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio + SPDIF/MIC/Headphone Jack

Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ 1102 WIRELESS GAMING 802.11N NETWORK CARD

USB Options
3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD

Firewire
1 X 1394a FIREWIRE PORT

Battery
Vortex Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,200 mAh/76.96WH)

Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 220W AC Adaptor

Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit w/SP1 - inc DVD & Licence

Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)

Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Laptop Cooling Stands
Zalman ZM-NC3000S Ultimate Cooler, 220mm fan, upto 17.3inch (£35)

Keyboard Language
INTEGRATED BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD

Notebook Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE

Webcam
INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)

Insurance
1 Month Free Laptop Insurance inc. Accidental Damage & Theft

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
Quantity 1

Any comments will be great.

Thanks.

[Angelmaker30]

if its just for gaming 8gb of RAM is plenty so I would change that. I'd also add the upgraded thermal paste for £9 as its such a small amount. other than that it looks a pretty decent set-up. I'd possibly go for a faster second hard drive too.

Looking at it you could probably drop the processor down one notch too a you wont really see much difference.

[EYEONME]

if its just for gaming 8gb of RAM is plenty so I would change that. I'd also add the upgraded thermal paste for £9 as its such a small amount. other than that it looks a pretty decent set-up. I'd possibly go for a faster second hard drive too.

Looking at it you could probably drop the processor down one notch too a you wont really see much difference.

Thanks for the reply, would I need 16GB RAM for photoshop? Also I would like it last a few years so would dropping the processor down would it last as long without the higher one? Such a noob question lol

[Xoil]

Just having a quick look over the only thing i can really say to upgrade is the thermal paste, just to lower the temp a bit more. 16GB of ram is only really needed when you are rending photos and using high demand software. Overall i think its a great build!

[Angelmaker30]

i just realised that your build is almost exactly the same as mine lol. i have gone for higher ram as i need it for video editing/rendering etc. What exactly would you be doing in photoshop? if its just general picture clean u etc 8gb is still fine. If its very large images, manipulation and rendering i'd go for 16

[EYEONME]

i just realised that your build is almost exactly the same as mine lol. i have gone for higher ram as i need it for video editing/rendering etc. What exactly would you be doing in photoshop? if its just general picture clean u etc 8gb is still fine. If its very large images, manipulation and rendering i'd go for 16

I'm going to be editing RAW files that are up to 20MB in photoshop. So do you think 16 will be over kill?!

[EYEONME]

Just having a quick look over the only thing i can really say to upgrade is the thermal paste, just to lower the temp a bit more. 16GB of ram is only really needed when you are rending photos and using high demand software. Overall i think its a great build!

Do you I need the laptop cooling stand?!

[Xoil]

Do you I need the laptop cooling stand?!

Well it would help keeping it cool, just don't put the laptop on your lap. The hotter it gets the more the fans will turn and the louder it gets. If you want it running cool and at peak performance i would get a cooling stand. The 680M will give off the most heat.

[Angelmaker30]

I would definitely get the cooling stand. You want to protect your investment as your going to have a fantastic piece of kit. A decent cooling stand is a good way to do that. In my opinion 8gb RAM will be fine using files of that size.

[AzY]

Keep your second drive a 5400rpm if its going to be used as a storage drive, who needs a secondary storage drive to be fast anyway, it will just cost more and you wont notice it.
Add thermal paste £9